Plant Papaver somniferum (Papaveraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Opium Poppy; Poppyseed Poppy

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
MORPHINE	22	Leaf	28.0	8950.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE	22	Plant	900.0	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE	22	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	196000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE	22	Root	200.0	3900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE	22	Seed	0.3	390.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE	22	Shoot	39.0	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE	22	Stem	10.0	300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE-N-OXIDE	0	Fruit	not available	60.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE-N-OXIDE	0	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
MORPHINE-N-OXIDE	0	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYO-INOSITOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTOLEIC-ACID	1	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-14-DEACETYLISOPORPHYROXINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
N-METHYL-14-O-DESMETHYLEPIPORPHYROXINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
NARCEINAMIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARCEINE	6	Fruit	not available	38.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARCEINE	6	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARCEINE	6	Latex Exudate	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARCEINE	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiosteoporotic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant	25	Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Antioxidant Synergist	5	Merck 11th Edition
Antioxidant?	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipapillomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	8	Martindale's 28th
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric	3	Martindale's 28th
Antiperiodontic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antiperoxidant	3	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antiperoxynitrite	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipharyngitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiphenylketonuric	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiphotooxidative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiphotophobic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).